Pouring spout for cans



March 27, 1934. w. KARSEL POURING SPOUT FOR CANS Filed July 20, 1932 1!Hull fi we .mmmjez @zww 2;. ww

Patented Mar. 27, 1934 PATENT OFFICE POURING SPOUT FOR CAN S WilliamKarsel, Chicago, Ill., assignor to Wilson 31 Bennett ManufacturingCompany, Chicago,

Application July 20, 1932, Serial No. 623,545

3 Claims.

This invention relates to pouring spouts for cans or pails such ascommonly used for the shipping and storage of oils or other liquids.While it is particularly adapted for such containers of about fivegallons capacityit is of course not limited to any particular size oruse.

In pouring oil or the like from containers of this kind, .either throughthe nozzle or through a spout, the surging of the liquid is apt to causeit to be ejected more or less violently and therefore fail to follow thenozzle or to be directed to the particular point desired. Thisfrequently causes spilling and waste which is largely overcome by myimproved spout.

In addition to the suggested advantages of my improved spout, theobjects of this invention are, to provide a pouring spout which will besimple in construction and particularly eiiicient in use; to provide adetachable spout which may be readily inserted in a can nozzle and whichwill be effective in directing the discharge of the contents of the can;to provide a spout with a guide or deflector for directing the dischargeof the liquid and preventing surging or spilling over the sides of thespout; to provide a detachable spout having an integrally formedauxiliary deflector or lip for guiding the material passing through thespout; and to provide such other advantages as will appear more fullyhereinafter.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating this invention,

' Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a can showing the spout inposition; and

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 22 of. Figure 1.

The can or container 3 has a top or cover 4 with a nozzle 5 of anyordinary or preferred form of construction. When the can is filled thenozzle 5 is closed by means of a cap for shipping purposes and the spout6 is carried or attached to the can in any convenient manner so that itmay be applied when the cap is removed.

This spout is preferably formed of tin or other light metal being madebymeans of suitable dies and punches." The spout has a short cir-' cularor cylindrical portion 7which is adapted to fit closely within thenozzle to make a friction flt and has a trough-like portion 8 which isadapted to extend over the side or bead of the 50 pail so that thecontents will be poured free from the cover orsides of the pail.

The cylindrical or body portion of the spout indicated at '7 is in theform of an inverted cup, the head, or wall of which is provided with ahole 9 for attaching the spout to the can when not in' use and also witha main opening 10 through which passes the contents of the can whenbeing poured. Instead of completely punching out the metal to form thishole I leave the disc-like portion 11 attached or connected at one sideas shown at 12, so that this portion may be used to form a guide ordeflector for controlling the discharge of the contents. This disc-likesection or tongue is then bent up slightly as shown particularly inFigure 2, to form a restricted opening or to form a deflector which willprevent the liquid from surging out through the opening '10 over thesides of the spout. It will, of course, be apparent thatthe deflector 11may be bent at any desired angle or curved properly to direct differentliquids and when so arranged serves to prevent too rapid discharge andconsequently confines the stream or flow through the lip or trough 8 ofthe spout.

It will be readily seen that my improved deflector may be provided withpractically no'additional cost to the spout and it has been foundeffective for the purposes indicated. It will also be observed thatthespout may be made in dif ferent forms and therefore I do not wish tobe limited to the particular form shown and described except as setforth in the following claims in which I claim 1. A pouring spout formedof tin or the like having a cup-shaped portion and a trough extending toone side of the same, the cup shaped portion having an openingtherethrough with an integrally formed adjustable deflector projectingupwardly and forwardly over the opening for guiding the material tothetrough and to prevent splashing of the same.

2. The combination with a container having a nozzle, of a pouring spoutcomprising a cylindrical portion adapted to fit closely within thenozzle and having a lateral open projection extending over the side ofthe container, the cylindrical portion having an' integrally formeddeflector which is attached at oneside thereof and projects upwardly andoutwardly toward the projection. i

3. A pouring spout having a cup-like portion adapted-to engagewith thenozzle of a can, 'the. transversewall of. said. portion having adisclike section formed therefrom and attached thereto at one side, saidportion being bent at an angle upwardly and outwardly to form adeflector which tends to prevent surging of the liquid poured throughthe spout and to control the flow of the same therethrough.

' WILLIAM KARSEL.

